CHANDRA ELECTRONIC ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER 21



              First Announcement of the Joint Conference on

  		X-ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical Plasmas

                     November 15-17, 2004

     held at the Sheraton Commander Hotel, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Dear Colleague,

We are pleased to announce a conference, jointly sponsored by the
Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics (ITAMP), the
Chandra X-ray Center, the Constellation-X mission, and the Astro-E2
Guest Observer Facility, on "X-ray Diagnostics of Astrophysical
Plasmas".

The meeting will concentrate on X-ray diagnostics of plasma
parameters, including theoretical, experimental, and observational
results on emission and absorption line diagnostics.  Particular
emphasis will be given to recent progress in dielectronic and
inner-shell lines.  Invited speakers come from fields of atomic
theory, experimental atomic physics, and spectroscopy.  We hope bring
recent results from these fields to the larger audience of X-ray
astronomers who are using the Chandra and XMM-Newton grating data or
who plan to use the high-resolution data from Astro-E2.

A detailed description of the meeting, including information on 
registration
and submitting contributed talks and posters, can be found on the
conference website:
			http://itamp.harvard.edu/xdap.html

Partial List of Topics

   -- Experimental results on Fe K shell emission lines
   -- Observational and Experimental Fe L shell spectroscopy
   -- Recent results in inner-shell emission lines
   -- Observed Inner-shell lines from SNR
   -- Dielectronic Recombination: experimental results, observational 
effects
   -- Open Issues Regarding Ionization Balances
   -- Absorption models for photoionized plasmas
   -- Non-equilibrium ionization plasma diagnostics

Contributed Presentations

In addition to the invited presentations, approximately 10 contributed
talks will be scheduled.  Participants are also invited to contribute
posters.

Financial Assistance

Limited  funds are  available for  financial support  for  the meeting
participants.   Preference  in  providing  support will  be  given  to
younger scientists and students.

Deadlines

Note: Attendance will be limited to 150 participants.

August 15: Early registration deadline

September 15: Abstract submission and late registration deadline

Conference Website:

Information and registration:
              
Contact:
              xdap@athena.gsfc.nasa.gov


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